I can’t speak for the interest in doing so, but it would be possible to monitor a field of comparable size (30 acres) with a network of around 50 nodes which could measure humidity, temperature, barometric pressure, solar radiation (light level) and soil moisture. One could also measure rainfall, wind speed and wind direction, though these sensors are typically bulkier. The nodes (access points) of this network cost around $150/node without sensors and need to be programmed. See http://www.moteiv.com, http://www.xbow.com, http://www.tinyos.net

Niall Kennedy is a software engineer in San Francisco, California in the United States. I am very interested in the world of... MORE »